Test Wiki:Community portal: Difference between revisions

Howdy! I thought the bots request page should be discussed by the community, as it doesn’t seem very necessary in my option. We have an extremely low number of [[special:listusers/bot|bots]], in fact there are only three that are not system bots/system admin operated. The amount of bots that need crat rights is incredibly low. I propose that users looking to create a bot that needs crat permissions simply posts on a stewards talk page. To be honest, I don’t see this type of request happening in the near future. [[User:X|'''<span style="background:#3383ff;color:white;padding:5px;box-shadow:0 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2)">X</span>''']] ([[User talk:X|talk]] + [[Special:Contributions/X|contribs]]) 02:53, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

:I {{support}} the removal of this page per X - it is currently very rare for a steward to receive a request to give a bot crat permissions and if this were ever to happen they could just leave their request on the talk page of a Steward. [[User:VancityRothaug|VancityRothaug]] ([[User talk:VancityRothaug|talk]]) 07:36, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

:{{oppose}}. I don't see anything wrong with having a dedicated page&mdash;a bot being given Bureaucrat permissions is pretty notable in my opinion and so there should be a publicly-viewable and '''easy-to-access''' place. Even though the approval may not require community consensus, anyone can just go to the page to know more about the bot and any relevant discussions, rather than scouting recent changes or looking at stewards' talk pages. Additionally, the administrator newsletter doesn't appear to go into much depth on the tasks of the bot so I think this page should be kept. Thanks. <span style="font-family:Courier New;font-weight:bold;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px cyan">[[User:Tester|Tester]]</span> ([[User_talk:Tester|ᴛ]]•[[Special:Contributions/Tester|ᴄ]]) 04:04, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

::I would completely agree with you, if this was something that happened often. However, I cannot find anywhere that it has occurred besides '''once''' in TestWikis entire history. One time. That is completely not worth having a request page about. [[User:X|'''<span style="background:#3383ff;color:white;padding:5px;box-shadow:0 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2)">X</span>''']] ([[User talk:X|talk]] + [[Special:Contributions/X|contribs]]) 15:41, 11 January 2025 (UTC)